Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 377. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.48 gm, 7h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Hen walking right in linear square within incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 58 (dies a/b); Traité II 2199 (same dies); SNG von Aulock 1699 (same obv. die). Fine. Very rare, only five examples noted by Bodenstedt. ($500)